KUROMORIMIRO JagdPanzer IV L70 (V)
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KUROMORIMIRO JagdPanzer IV L70 (V)
Ok said I wasn't going to do it.... but having a hull go to waste ...even in the sad shape it was in ... was too much for me to handle.... so I did some calculations...
The first order of business was to restore the chassis... It isn't completed yet...but I got all the holes filled...guide wheels in place... moved the little hatch on the hull ...aligned all the road wheels and fixed the shabby patching job done previously ...She's beginning to look like a sound chassis again
Pictures
put a broken smoker in her... just to see how much it helped with the flex..as you can see the previous owner chopped out all the braces when cutting out the battery box..so basically there is nothing to make the chassis rigid... flexes at the slightest twist...also when testing the suspension
that's the next thing on the docket along with making new seats for the gearboxes
Bottom shot shows all the holes I had to fill
relocated everything...bogies ..guide wheels etc... differential covers need to be worked on
Also carved off the shackle brackets
That's it for now
Happy Tanking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIozbuO20Ws
ALPHA
The first order of business was to restore the chassis... It isn't completed yet...but I got all the holes filled...guide wheels in place... moved the little hatch on the hull ...aligned all the road wheels and fixed the shabby patching job done previously ...She's beginning to look like a sound chassis again
Pictures
put a broken smoker in her... just to see how much it helped with the flex..as you can see the previous owner chopped out all the braces when cutting out the battery box..so basically there is nothing to make the chassis rigid... flexes at the slightest twist...also when testing the suspension
that's the next thing on the docket along with making new seats for the gearboxes
Bottom shot shows all the holes I had to fill
relocated everything...bogies ..guide wheels etc... differential covers need to be worked on
Also carved off the shackle brackets
That's it for now
Happy Tanking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIozbuO20Ws
ALPHA
Last edited by ALPHA on Wed Aug 20, 2014 2:14 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: JagdPanzer IV KUROMORIMIRO
Darn... forgot this
Have a good one Gents
Happy Tanking
ALPHA
Have a good one Gents
Happy Tanking
ALPHA
- HERMAN BIX
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Re: JagdPanzer IV KUROMORIMIRO
What did you use for the front roadwheels Mr Alpha ?
The 'filled in solid ones as replaced on the real machines to cope with the overhang of the barrel' - ones !!
The 'filled in solid ones as replaced on the real machines to cope with the overhang of the barrel' - ones !!
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Re: JagdPanzer IV KUROMORIMIRO
Yeah something I recently learned Herman...found out on the later versions of the JagdPanzers they put "Soviet" style solid wheels with internal rubber buffers think these are asiatam... came with the hull...needed a little sorting as they didn't quite line up....maybe I should have took some "before" pictures lol...anyway I just finished fabricating new exhausts out of brass tube...after installing those... the gearboxes need to be mounted.. chassis reinforced...front glacis plate....then the build can really startHERMAN BIX wrote:What did you use for the front roadwheels Mr Alpha ?
The 'filled in solid ones as replaced on the real machines to cope with the overhang of the barrel' - ones !!
Cheers Mate
ALPHA
Re: JagdPanzer IV KUROMORIMIRO
Not to worry gentlemen.... I have been working on this model... seems taking out all the flaws and distortions are a major concern... did relieve a lot of the flex in the hull... the rest should be taken up once the upper hull is joined to the body...I was able to secure a busted junk Panzer IV upper hull... it was really bad... having some conversion work done to it... it was sagging badly in the center amongst other problems... anyway...cut all the bad stuff off... and now getting her straightened out...Pictures will come soon enough... I need to get a little more work done to solidify the upper hull before any more work can be done to actually build the tank
The good news is now she is sturdy...and is starting to look like a tank again..the tracks are on and straight... gearboxes and motors are in ... and at the moment ..I am pretty happy with how things are going
HAPPY TANKING
UND PANZER VOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALPHA
The good news is now she is sturdy...and is starting to look like a tank again..the tracks are on and straight... gearboxes and motors are in ... and at the moment ..I am pretty happy with how things are going
HAPPY TANKING
UND PANZER VOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALPHA
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Re: JagdPanzer IV KUROMORIMIRO
Good Morning, Alpha,
Pictures? *chuckles*
regards,
Painless
Pictures? *chuckles*
regards,
Painless
...Here for the Dawn...
Re: JagdPanzer IV KUROMORIMIRO
Gday Painless.... Problem with photos at this point is... I didn't take any before pictures...so all you get to see is the straightened hulls... newly reinforced ...so my plan is to start taking photos after I do the glacis plate
ALPHA
ALPHA
Re: JagdPanzer IV KUROMORIMIRO
Pictures...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdLgydYTrWA
The daily view I must tolerate every waking moment
PANZER VOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALPHA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdLgydYTrWA
The daily view I must tolerate every waking moment
PANZER VOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALPHA
Last edited by ALPHA on Sun Aug 02, 2015 2:01 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: JagdPanzer IV KUROMORIMIRO
Now other pictures
restoration and reinforcement done
building started... by god it's kind of fun
Happy Tanking
UND PANZER VOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALPHA
restoration and reinforcement done
building started... by god it's kind of fun
Happy Tanking
UND PANZER VOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALPHA
Last edited by ALPHA on Wed Jun 18, 2014 10:40 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: JagdPanzer IV KUROMORIMIRO
That's some nice work right there. Lots of potential there.
JagdPanther / Leopard 2A6 / StuG Ausf. G / KV-2 / M4A3A4 / MTLB / 2.5 ton truck 6x6